Russians Mikhail Mikhailov and Alexander Ruchkin have climbed most likely the hardest technical line to date in the Minya Konka Group of Chinese Sichuan...

...During their acclimatization they spotted a superb rock pillar on the unnamed and unclimbed Pt 6,134m, that lies north west of Edgar and close to Grosvenor.

The pillar faced south, was steep enough to shrug off most fresh snow, and offered an attractive alternative. When the weather began to clear, the two switched objectives, and after a bivouac at the base, climbed the 1,000m-high pillar to the South East Top, making four further bivouacs.